SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 20, 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -- Mobile Marketing. The mobile phone is the perfect platform for marketers to engage consumers wherever they may be. Marketers understand this and it's now a big area for future advertising budget dollars and overall industry growth. in 2011 to more than $20B by 2015.

Mobile 113

Mobile Marketing Advertising Google 113

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. How did you get involved with MomentFeed? We accomplished that, that did it well.

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2015

Launched in Los Angeles in 2012, early-­stage venture capital firm Karlin Ventures has announced a new elite tech fellowship program that will kickoff today. Managing Partner Tianxiang Zhuo says their focus is on west-coast companies specializing in enterprise software, marketplaces, and commerce platforms. million per company.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Commerce Class Platform 40

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

However, starting in 2015, we found that creating this was really hard. After we launched our first, paid pilot, we had 100 percent adoption of the platform, which is pretty impressive. I left in 2012, and I was one of the top 5 of the top 10. We'd get 20 percent, because we had a real estate license to collect that.

Sales 145

Sales Startup Email Tool 145

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Batch 15 is a group of scrappy start-ups that explores unusual markets, including postpartum care (Mahmee), underwater robots, airplane maintenance, and even crocheting. Fun Fact: Beeketing is named from Bi (beloved dog of Alice) and Marketing (our interest). Fun Fact: Preventing spreadsheet abuse since 2015 – one company at a time.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x But of course public markets had begun gyrating.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The funding environment for tech startups is an ever shifting ground as we go through predictable shifts that go hand-in-hand with the slowing of the overall market. With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Funding Seed Funding 150